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Otis, I don't know of any places like that but there are a couple of concerns.
First of all, it's tough landing a trucking job if you haven't gone through legitimate schooling. Yes, you can get the license without going to school but can you land a job afterward? That's the big hurdle with doing it yourself.
Second of all, they're going to put a restriction on your license that says you are only allowed to drive automatics. That is going to severely limit your job opportunities also.
So I'm not sure you're going to benefit from the way you're trying to get your CDL. What more can you tell us about your situation and your plans? Do you have a job lined up already? Have you looked into Company-Sponsored Training ?
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
I have talked to a truck driving school and I have talk to TDMV this is the last year that you can take it in an automatictransmission not have a restriction but I am going to go to a truck driving school they said it would be lot cheaper since I would have my CDL with all my endorsements but then I can learn to drive a standard and get the time I would need and then they could help me find a job
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.DMV:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.
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I have just passed my written test for my air brake endorsement. I still need my pre trip inspection and the driving for that. I had found a place in Waco Tx that would help with that and had a truck with a automatictransmission in it. Then I was going to go to a truck driving schools to learn to drive the standard anyway know I can't get a hold of anyone in Waco dose anyone know a place in Texas that might have a place like that it was not a school you could rent the truck then thaey would ride with you and go over it with you take you on the route that the Department of public safety used and it was only 700.00. I just think it is easier to pass the driving in an automatictransmission because they watch you like a hawk in a standard. If anyone knows a place like that are knows anyone that has a truck I will pay them. I am in San Angelo